Comments on: Daily Farm Report - 5/28/08

By: JMedwick

JMedwick — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:56:55 +0000

My Worrell prediction: if the Cards don’t use him they will loose him to the Padres who will see his value.

By: Beau

Beau — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:26:19 +0000

Though it is unconfirmed by Luhnow, it is claimed by Goold, who could know, that the Cards were set to pick Beaven last year, but he was taken by the Rangers, so we chose the next guy on our priority list, Kozma. If this is true, and I suspect that it is, then the Cards will consider top high school hurlers as their first pick. They have not picked a high school pitcher as the first pick since 1978, so its been a long aversion. But Jocketty and Whitey are gone. The Cards are more willing to project. When Luhnow states that the Cards will consider a HS pitcher, the possibility of this happening is not zero.

Some top HS hurlers are not just Melville and Orodizzi. A guy named Hicks out of LA has a great arm. Seaton is the best in Texas this year (like Beaven was last year). There is another kid from S. Calif named Thompson, I think. Probably plenty more. The Cards should analyze them all, listen to their bonus hopes, and could select one at 13.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:02:15 +0000

Anyone care to share a Mark Diapoules…with so many QC watchers..would love to hear one.

Almost a 3 to 1 GB to FB ratio…Dave Duncan might have a dizzy spell.

By: NASA

NASA — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:51:51 +0000

Thomas Pham is 1 for his last 29 AB’s, so much for him finding his stroke in the MWL.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:04:22 +0000

To me the Melville thing is very similar to the Matt Harvey situation.

A guy who was a star on the All-Star circuit prior to his SR year, a guy who people saw as a polished HS pitcher with MLB quality pitch projections who then didnt have the type of Senior year he was supposed to have.

A small dip in velocity, some bad breaks, some inconsistent starts.

The expectations were set so high to begin with…..now is he worthy of the #13 pick?

Before this year, everyone would have said yes….so was he so bad this year that he is not worthy of it?

I dont know…I do know teams are regretting letting Matt Harvey go now and I think teams will feel the same way if they pass on Melville.

The guy I saw on the mound last year to start the Aflac game was the best HS pitcher in the country…even with a less then stellar spring…if proven healthy he is still my choice over the late charging Odorizzi.

Reports are Melville velocity and crispness of his pitchers improved when the weather did.

By: roarke

roarke — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:33:15 +0000

JP - thanks, I appreciate the first person perspective.

By: JP

JP — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:02:15 +0000

In response to roarke49, I would not take Melville at 13. I am confident there will be much better options there. When you talk about over-emphasizing a couple months, you have to realize that you are talking about one third of his prep pitching career, since he essentially did not pitch for an entire season due to injury. This year was when he should have dominated. It wasn’t just the numbers, it was the stuff that wasn’t amazing. In all three starts I saw, his fastball was NOT 91-94 like BA, etc says. It was more along the lines of 88-92. He didn’t touch 94 one time in any of those three starts. His control as times was very lacking in some starts this year also.

By: UofIx3

UofIx3 — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:00:16 +0000

Colby’s line drive % has gone from 2 (!) in April to 16 in May. Hopefully, he is coming out of the slump.

In 2006, his line drive rate was 13% at both Quad Cities and Palm Beach. Last year, it jumped to 23%. Looking at the splits, it looks he benefited from Hammons Field. His line drive % at home was 28% vs. 19% on the road.

By: shango

shango — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:59:52 +0000

I don’t understand the love for Jimenez or why he was even brought back this year. I really thought Worrell would finally get a shot. His resume is far better than Jimenez’s. I just don’t get it.

By: Big Red

Big Red — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:52:33 +0000

Why should they call up Worrell just to send him down in a week? I agree, that he needs to get a chance at the big club. The problem is, this isn’t a chance. Piniero is missing one start and then he’s coming back. If this were anything more, they wouldn’t be screwing around with a bullpen game.